Jon Stewart Takes on Benghazi Conspiracy Theories

With the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee holding hearings in Washington, D.C., on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart decided to look into why the case has become such a flashpoint for partisanship. “You can’t understand why everyone else isn’t as outraged as you, when it’s because the rest of us aren’t sure if what you’re saying is true,” Stewart says about pundits who wonder why the public isn’t angrier about the story. “And to be quite frank, you do have somewhat of a history of hysteria.”

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